For anyone who has ever wondered what I do in the 24 hours before I turn my picks in, I've decided to give you a peek behind the curtain. Last night, I spent nine hours trying to figure out who's actually good this year and I came to the conclusion that the 49ers and Chiefs might be the only good teams in the NFL. Everyone else is average.
And to be honest, I almost scratched the 49ers off my list because they almost blew a 20-point lead to the Commanders on Monday night. I was going to include the Vikings on my "good" list, but I don't trust their offense. I also thought about the Bills, but I don't trust their defense.
Outside of Buffalo, Minnesota, San Francisco and Kansas City, every other team in the NFL has at least two losses. As we all know, the NFL's ultimate goal is total parity and I think the league might have finally achieved it. Every week is unpredictable.
After spending nine hours making my list of good teams, I ate some Waffle Crisp. I then spent four hours watching the Bears' new Hallmark movie, which is about 90 minutes long, so yes, that means I watched it 2.5 times. Turn those TVs on because Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story is premiering RIGHT NOW on Hallmark Channel 🌟 pic.twitter.com/R8q4XtoxQ9 Since Hallmark started featuring NFL teams in their movies back in 2024, the team featured has averaged 13.5 wins per season in the year they get the Hallmark movie, so maybe I should also add the Bears to my good list.
So there are now five good teams and everyone else is average. Speaking of average, let's get to my picks. I don't usually pick the winner of a game based solely on the injury report, but I might have to do that here.
I am fully expecting the Patriots injury report this week to look like a CVS receipt. If you've never seen a CVS receipt, they're roughly seven yards long and that's if you buy just one thing. If you buy more than one thing, your receipt will likely be as long as an entire football field.
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